Super Blackhawk 44Mag - 44-40 Convertible... I never knew...

[thor's daddy]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I ran across a Super Blackhawk 44Mag/44-40 convertible this past weekend and I found myself rather flabergasted. Was this configuration a Buckeye gun, or something completely different? Were they made for very long, or was it a fairly limited offering?

Inquiring minds want to know!

And I know you guys know!

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

They were supposed to be the 3rd Buckeye except Buckeye Sports went out of business before it could happen, so Jerry's Sports took it on as their exclusive. Model S4440, about 1200 made, far rarer than either Buckeye. 1990-91 timeframe.

 

[dobegrant.45]

did you buy it?

 

[thor's daddy]

No, my stable is plenty full...

 

[Outpost75]

Mine is a 5-1/2" with steel Old Army grip frame and both cylinders for .44 Magnum and .44-40. An employee sale I had built when I worked for the company.

 

[thor's daddy]

Man, I don't know what an "employee sale" is, but it makes my head spin just thinking about the one-offs that could have been created.

 

[Outpost75]

The rule on one-offs was that they had to be assembled from existing parts and be blessed by engineering for functionality and safety. Then we usually made a ten-board of them for marketing samples.

 

[rugerguy]

John at Buckeye did not go out of business before the so called "3 rd issue" of a Buckeye Sporting goods, John just did NOT want to do another one as the time and numbering offers to those who had purchased the first two, ( 1989 the 32/20-32 H&R mag ,then 1990 the 38/30-10mm) was quite a labor of work to go after those who bought the first , then the second and match them up, wait for feedback ,etc,,,he went through that with Bianchi and the holsters to match the various guns with the "Buckeye" leaf on the flaps of the holsters,,,,,,,,,life of BIG business and being a distributor too boot....loved my visits and conversations with the old man back then, and hell I was just there picking up for another dealer up in Mentor ,Ohio we did work for, Vieth Sports Supply, and Karl too is now "gone" on to better ,greener pastures......

here s the last 'trio' I sold last fall.............

 

[Paul B]

If I had one of those, I'd go way the hell and gone out of my way to add a .44 Spl. cylinder for the set.
Paul B.

 

[thor's daddy]

The rule on one-offs was that they had to be assembled from existing parts and be blessed by engineering for functionality and safety. Then we usually made a ten-board of them for marketing samples.

I can think of a lot of combinations, but a blued Bisley convertible in 45 Colt/ACP with a 5.5-inch barrel and a target-length (Maximum) ejector assembly would be THE ONE I'd probably ever need to ask for. As a handgun hunter and marksman, it'd be a wonderfully versatile sixgun. And carbon steel is just classy...